| Previous Section | Back to Table of Contents | Lords Hansard Home Page |
Community Amateur Sports Clubs
Lord Moynihan asked Her Majesty's Government:
- What is their marketing budget for encouraging sports clubs to apply for community amateur sports club status.[HL1977]
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: Neither the Department for Culture, Media and Sport nor the Inland Revenue has a defined marketing budget for this purpose.
Last autumn, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Inland Revenue organised, with the assistance of the Central Council of Physical Recreation, Deloitte & Touche and Bates, Wells & Braithwaite a series of regional seminars for sports clubs, that promoted awareness of, and provided advice about, the community amateur sports club scheme. Over 700 representatives from sports clubs, sports governing bodies and local authorities attended these seminars.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Inland Revenue and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister continue to promote the scheme through engagement with the sporting national governing bodies and local authorities.
Pesticides
The Countess of Mar asked Her Majesty's Government:
- Whether they will place in the Library of the House a list of the recipients of the Pesticides Safety Directorate's Questionnaire survey on the possible effects of pesticides on human health, and the responses received; and which companies failed to submit a response.[HL1700]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Whitty): The Pesticide Safety Directorate is carrying out this exercise to seek reassurance that any possible adverse human health effects of pesticides are being reported fully by the agrochemical industry.
This activity is ongoing currently and there are no plans to place any of the above information in the Library of the House at this time.Wild Birds
Baroness Byford asked Her Majesty's Government:
- Further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for Environment and Agri-Environment on 13 November 2003 (HC Deb, 417W) on wild bird imports, why in 2002 10,058 parrots were brought in out of a total of 25,531 for the five years 1998 to 2002; and why the figures for other wild-caught birds has risen each year since 1998, with a four-fold increase between 2001 and 2002.[HL1764]
Lord Whitty: Levels of trade in wildlife vary, and are driven by many factors including market forces, supply and demand, changing policies of various governments and by actions taken as a result of international agreements such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
I am not aware that there was any particular reason why trade was greater in 2002 than in other years or why trade in particular species has increased in general over recent years.
Pig Swill
Baroness Byford asked Her Majesty's Government:
- How many individuals were granted official approval to process and feed swill to pigs under Article 25 of the Animal By-Products Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/646).[HL1938]
Lord Whitty: At the time of the ban there were 74 people that were approved under Article 22 to process swill and 93 who were approved under Article 26 to feed swill to their pigs. Article 25 provided for the approval of persons to consign swill from their holding. The number of people who were approved to consign swill is not held centrally.
Common Agricultural Policy:Cross-compliance
Baroness Byford asked Her Majesty's Government:
- When the cross-compliance consultation on the common agricultural policy payments scheme will begin; over what period of time it will run; and when they will respond to the consultation exercise.[HL1969]
Lord Whitty: I anticipate that the consultation on cross-compliance measures in England will be announced shortly and will run through the spring. Ministers will make decisions as soon as possible after considering the consultation responses.
| Back to Table of Contents | Lords Hansard Home Page |